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Workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida marked major milestones in preparation for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-126.

“Leonardo,” one of NASA’s three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, was lifted from its work stand at the Space Station Processing Facility and placed inside a protective canister.

Secured inside the canister, “Leonardo” and the canister were lifted vertically and then taken slowly to Launch Pad 39A.

At the launch pad, a crane lifted the canister to the clean room so technicians could move “Leonardo” inside the rotating service structure on Oct. 22.

Endeavour arrived the next day on the back of a crawler. Endeavour had been at Launch Pad 39B in case it was needed during the STS-125 mission to service NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. With the Hubble mission postponed, Endeavour moved to Launch Pad 39A for lift off, targeted for Nov. 14.